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Take a mini-van and squish it to about a quarter size - that's roughly what you're looking at with the ZEV T3-1 Micro. This quirky, fully-enclosed, electric trike seats three if they're skinny, but we see it being much more of a hit as a cargo carrier.

​Although cargo bikes could already be described as the delivery vans of the bicycle world, the new electric-assist Tender trike is particularly deserving of the title. It's made for commercial-scale deliveries, and to support such loads, it actually has car-like wheels in the front.

Aerial drones get a lot of the fanfare, but ground-based robots could form an important part of our autonomous delivery future too. At least that's the way Domino's sees it, having enlisted rovers from startup Starship Technologies to deliver pizzas to select European cities.

​When picturing the autonomous delivery services of the near-future, you'll likely imagine drones buzzing overhead with packages in tow. But some ground-based robots are making a push into this area too, such as a conceptual robotic bike messenger that could ride right up to your door.

In 1907, UPS started out making deliveries by bicycle. Flash forward to 2012, and the company began a pilot project in Hamburg, Germany, using electric-assist "Cargo Cruiser" tricycles for deliveries. Now, UPS has started a similar program in the city of Portland, Oregon.

Just Eat claims to have made the world's first ever online food delivery using a self-driving robot. As part of its pilot with Starship Technologies, the takeaway food firm dispatched its robot delivery droid to autonomously deliver a customer's order in London, UK.

Part of what you buy with a Bentley is a sense of exclusivity, but that can quickly evaporate with having to queue for gas like everyone else. The British marque is now trialing a new "concierge fuel service" where drivers can choose exactly where and when their vehicle is refueled.

Automaker Smart is to begin trialling a service that allows parcels to be delivered to the trunk of a car. "Smart Ready to Drop" is the first innovation from the carmaker's "smart lab" think tank, aimed at "accelerating the development and implementation of creative urban mobility projects."